Joe Fox

nutrition of aquatic organisms; nutrient essentiality, digestibility and the physiological ecology of aquatic organisms; fish meal replacement in aquatic feeds, chemoattraction, sea urchin nutrition, and ecology of penaeid shrimp viruses; depuration of oysters against Vibrio vulnificus.

David Grisé

Physiological ecology of terrestrial and aquatic plants, plant competition and community structure, plant response to stress e.g. saline and water limited environments, water relations and plant distribution

Graham Hickman

Ecological, Behavioral, and Biogeographical studies, predominantly in Vertebrate Biology (Ichthyology, Herpetology, Ornithology, and Mammalogy)

Roy Lehman

Distribution and ecology of seagrass and seaweed communities along the Texas coast, coral reefs of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and Yucatan Peninsula, systematic and molecular botany of green algae (Chlorophyta; Caulerpa sp.), water quality studies of non-point source pollution using molecular and microbiological techniques, Vascular plants of the south Texas region

Cherie McCollough

Retention of minority students in secondary science education, multicultural education, and pre-service and in-service teacher mentoring and training

David McKee

Joanna Mott

Environmental and public health microbiology. Water quality of recreational (beaches) and other surface waters. Microbial source tracking of fecal contamination. Antibiotic resistance of fecal bacteria in the environment. Ecology and characteristics of pathogens in coastal waters e.g. Vibrio vulnificus

David Moury

Functional anatomy of vertebrates and structural changes due to evolutionary and environmental pressures; development of vertebrate tissues and organs

Deborah Overath

Population genetics of marine organisms, evolutionary genetics of invasive plants, population and conservation genetics of native plants, and theoretical population genetics

Frank Pezold

Fish diversity, systematics, ecology and conservation

Thomas Shirley

Marine ecology, biodiversity, deep-sea benthos, biology of sea mounts, crab biology, meiofauna, priapulid systematics

Lee Smee

Ecology, Animal Behavior (with focus on chemical signaling in aquatic systems), Marine Biology

Kevin Strychar

Marine genetics and biochemistry of tropical and deep cold-water coral reef ecology, coral diseases, microbiology and phytoplankton physiology

Greg Stunz

Marine Biology, Marine Ecology, Marine Fisheries Ecology, Fisheries

Rebekah Thomas

Physiological stress in spotted seatrout following hook and line capture; heat shock protein expression and Dermo infection in intertidal and subtidal oyster populations

Wes Tunnell

coral reef and coastal ecology; molluscan systematics, distribution, and ecology; Gulf of Mexico biodiversity; and oil spill impacts to marine environments

Tammy White

Introductory Biology Instructor and Lab Coordinator